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1664448

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from Susan Acland-Hood to the Chair of the Education Select Committee on National Funding Formula Update, published on 6 October 2023, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) school leaders' representatives on the potential impact of revision to the sums allocated under the national funding formula on schools' budget planning for the next academic year; if she will make it her policy to ensure that each school is allocated at least the same value of funding as announced in July 2023; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department informed Local Authorities and academy trusts of the republished National Funding Formula (NFF) on 6 October 2023, alongside the publication of the corrected NFF allocations.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary has taken full responsibility for the error made by officials and has written to both the Secretary of State and the Education Select Committee to apologise. The Secretary of State has asked the Permanent Secretary to conduct an independent and external review of the quality assurance process surrounding the calculation of the NFF.</p><p>The Department has already held a series of discussions with Local Authorities and school representatives to discuss the operational implications of the error. The Department is continuing to work closely with school stakeholders to communicate this change and support schools to manage their budgets.</p><p>The Government is continuing to deliver, in full, the total level of core funding for mainstreams schools and high needs that has been promised. It will remain over £59.6 billion in the 2024/25 financial year. This is the highest ever funding for schools in our history in real terms per pupil.</p><p>Schools have not yet received their 2024/25 funding, so the correction of this error does not mean adjusting any funding that schools have already received. The NFF allocations published by the Department are notional. These figures are subject to change based on the October census, which was collected on 5 October 2023. Local authorities’ final allocations will be published in December as part of their Dedicated Schools Grant and schools are not provided their definitive budgets until the following calendar year: typically in February for maintained schools and March for academies.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/10/2023 16:56:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1651685

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Climate Change: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2023 to Question 190556 on Climate Change: Education, what her planned timeframe is for publishing the progress report on the implementation of the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	193091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>As committed to in the Department’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, the Department will produce a progress report on the implementation of this strategy. The report is anticipated to be published in December this year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2023 13:24:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1649315

registered interest
date	30/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Climate Change: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to deliver on the commitment of the former Secretary of State for Education at COP26 on the integration of sustainability and climate change in formal education systems.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department published the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for the education and children’s service systems in April 2022. The link can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainability-and-climate-change-strategy/sustainability-and-climate-change-a-strategy-for-the-education-and-childrens-services-systems" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainability-and-climate-change-strategy/sustainability-and-climate-change-a-strategy-for-the-education-and-childrens-services-systems</a>.</p><p>It sets out action to 2030 on: climate education, green skills and careers, the education estate and digital infrastructure, operations and supply chains, and international. This action will be evaluated and built on as new opportunities and evidence arise. The strategy covers each of the Department’s sectors: early years, schools, further education, higher education, and children social care. It sets out new initiatives, including extra support for teaching about nature and climate change, the introduction of a natural history GCSE and sustainability leadership and climate action plans in education.</p><p>Links for the two latter initiatives can be found at: <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/national-impact/national-education-nature-park-and-climate-action-awards-scheme.html" target="_blank">https://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/national-impact/national-education-nature-park-and-climate-action-awards-scheme.html</a> and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sustainability-leadership-and-climate-action-plans-in-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sustainability-leadership-and-climate-action-plans-in-education</a>.​</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/07/2023 13:41:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1648566

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how school leaders can set budgets for the next school year without (a) the information on pay for leaders and teachers contained in the School Teachers’ Review Body report and (b) a response from Government on funding for the report’s recommendations on pay; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department understands the timing of the national pay award announcement presents budgeting challenges for schools. The Department is continuing to work across Government to ensure announcements are made as early as possible. This year, the Department has allowed trusts more time to prepare their budgets by extending the deadline to 31 August 2023 for the Budget Forecast Return (BFR) that academies are required to provide, setting out their budget plans.</p><p>Following unions’ rejection of the Government’s 4.5% offer in March 2023, the independent School Teachers’ Review Body has submitted its recommendations to government on teacher pay for the 2023/24 academic year, as part of the normal process. The Department will be considering the recommendations and will publish our response in the usual way.</p><p>Funding for both mainstream schools and high needs, including the additional funding announced at the Autumn Statement, is £3.5 billion higher in the 2023/24 financial year, compared to 2022/23. This is the highest ever level per pupil, in real terms, as measured by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The Department provides these increases to school revenue budgets so that schools can cover cost increases in the year ahead, including to teacher pay. As usual, schools should plan for how teacher pay awards could be managed within this existing funding.</p><p>The Department’s position remains that a 4% teacher pay award should be affordable, nationally, from the funding increases already promised to schools, as set out in an Education Hub post published at the time, which can be found at: <a href="https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/03/28/teacher-strikes-latest-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-teacher-pay-offer/" target="_blank">https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/03/28/teacher-strikes-latest-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-teacher-pay-offer/.</a></p><p>It would be sensible for schools to consider the range of possible scenarios on pay that might materialise, and what the implications would be for their individual school.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2023 16:02:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1646408

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Climate Change: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to produce a progress report on the implementation of her Department’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	190556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>As committed to in the Department’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, the Department will produce a progress report on the implementation of this strategy.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/06/2023 13:31:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1611773

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s commitment to make it a legal duty for incidents of use of reasonable force to be recorded and reported to parents or carers by bringing section 93A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 into force when parliamentary time allows, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enact this commitment in this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	181317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the misuse of reasonable force or restrictive practices can have a significant and long-lasting effect on the pupils, staff members and parents involved, as well as the wider classroom by potentially hindering the creation of a calm, safe and supportive school environment. The Government is therefore committed to minimising the use of reasonable force and restrictive practice in all schools.</p><p>Part of this action is to commence Section 93A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which will make recording and reporting of incidents of use of force to parents/carers a legal duty, alongside producing revised ‘Use of Reasonable Force’ guidance to support schools to understand and implement their duties.</p><p>A call for evidence into the use of reasonable force and restrictive practices in schools has been launched, which will run from 15 February to 11 May 2023. This evidence will inform the drafting of the ‘Use of Reasonable Force’ guidance, which will be subject to a public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/04/2023 16:05:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1585941

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of the eligibility criteria for access to free school meals (a) on 9 February 2022 and (b) planned for the end of 2024 in each (i) nation of the United Kingdom and (ii) local authority; and if she will make it her policy to expand eligibility for free school meals in England to all children who have a parent on Universal Credit; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	143712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Education, including free school meals (FSM), is a devolved matter. This response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The latest published statistics from the Department are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>. The figures show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming FSM. This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, over one third of school children are now provided with FSM, at a cost of over £1 billion a year. The Department currently has protections in place, ensuring that eligible pupils keep their FSM entitlement even if their household circumstances change. The end date for these has now been extended until March 2025.</p><p>The Department’s current eligibility threshold enables children in low income households to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools. The Department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that support is targeted at those who most need them, as well as continuing to monitor current issues that affect disadvantaged families, such as the rising cost of living.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/02/2023 12:12:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1585942

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by Magic Breakfast entitled Hidden Hunger - The State of UK Breakfast Provision 2022, published April 2022, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of that report's findings; if she will make it her policy to expand the National School Breakfast Programme to cover all disadvantaged pupils; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	143713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing support for school breakfasts. In November 2022, the Department extended the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) to the end of the summer term 2024. The Department is allocating £30 million of funding in this programme. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to support their attainment, wellbeing, and readiness to learn. Schools are eligible for the programme if they have 40% or more pupils from deprived households, as measured by the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index.</p><p>Family Action estimates that 270,000 children are currently receiving a breakfast from the NSBP on an average school day. The NSBP is undertaking data collection with all participating schools and relevant data will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/02/2023 12:40:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1585099

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Natural History: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 105315 on Natural History: GCSE, if she will provide a timeline for her plans for consulting and agreeing subject content, requirements and guidelines for the proposed GCSE in Natural History; whether it is still the case that she plans for first teaching to be available in schools from September 2025; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	141456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department is committed to developing the new natural history GCSE and ensuring it is of the highest standard.</p><p>The Department continues to work closely with exam boards, subject experts, and Ofqual to develop the draft subject content for the natural history GCSE. The Department plans to consult publicly on this draft content in the coming months, before finalising the high quality subject content later this year.</p><p>The Department intends for first teaching to be available from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/02/2023 15:08:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1549386

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Natural History: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on (a) plans to develop a GCSE in Natural History and (b) that GCSE being taught in schools from 2025.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	105315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department plans to introduce a GCSE in Natural History, provided that it meets the requirements that apply to all GCSEs. Officials are currently working with the four exam boards, Ofqual, and two independent advisors, to deliver the new Natural History GCSE subject content.</p><p>The Department intends to consult publicly on the draft subject content in 2023, and for first teaching to be available in schools from September 2025.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/12/2022 15:51:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas